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A suspect is currently on an immigration hold in Marshall County after a shootout with police that left one person injured.

A planned visit to Murphy High School from the United States Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon and Bruce Pearl, had to be canceled due security concerns after students worked with the group Indivisable to plan a protest.

During a call with reporters on Thursday, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) discussed the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act) and the Democratic Party's push to secure the vote of illegal aliens, partly led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

A bipartisan coalition of Alabama legislators in both the House and Senate unveiled on Thursday the Alabama Affordability Protection Plan — a three-bill reform package “designed to safeguard Alabama families and businesses from rising utility costs and undue political influence, all without increasing taxes or rates.” 

Following the bill's passage out of the chamber, Alabama's top elections official, Secretary of State Wes Allen, is weighing in on HB 214.

Former Decatur Police officer Mac Bailey Marquette's trial has been pushed back to Sept. 21 in Morgan County. Marquette is charged with murder in the September 2023 shooting death of Stephen Perkins.

Under House Bill 67, sponsored by State Rep. Jamie Kiel (R-Russellville), the cost of the voter list is capped at $1,000 total, matching surrounding states, and phone numbers and emails are removed. 

Members of the Alabama Senate passed the Child Predator Death Penalty Act on Thursday.

The conviction of a Birmingham man was affirmed by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Attorney General Steve Marshall announced.

The Senate passed legislation requiring app store providers to verify the age of users on Thursday.

The Randolph Leader is going online only, according to publisher Tim Altork.

U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) spoke to reporters on Thursday about the possibility of local mayors and police departments in Alabama refusing to work with federal agencies conducting immigration enforcement operations.

The Alabama House passed a bill on Thursday that increases penalties for making terrorist threats against schools and requires principals to immediately suspend students charged with such crimes for one year.

Kristin Nelson, a Republican, won a resounding victory over her Democrat opponent, Hazel Floyd, during a special election on Tuesday, earning 84,7% of the votes cast.

Under House Bill 363, sponsored by State Rep. Greg Barnes (R-Jasper), anyone who enters church property with the intent to riot, harrass or disrupt the service would be charged with a Class C felony and face up to five years in prison on a second offence. 

The bill defines a board as “any board, authority, or commission comprised of individual members, of which some or all members are appointed, as established under state law.” Members of those boards would serve “at the pleasure” of the governor, House speaker and Senate pro-tem.

Members of the Senate State Governmental Affairs Committee passed legislation on Wednesday creating new Alabama digital driver's licenses.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last year renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. But State Rep. Marilyn Lands (D-Huntsville) wants input from “our friends across the border” before Alabama recognizes the name change.

A new Wedowee Utilities Board was sworn in on Wednesday and a special-called meeting was held to address issues brought up in Tuesday’s Town Council meeting.

Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) joined fellow members of the Sharia-Free America Caucus for a press conference on the dangers Sharia law presents to the United States.

The Morgan County Courthouse will temporarily close on February 16 for electrical renovations, with the closure expected to last two to four weeks.

Officials in Calhoun County are raising concerns associated with rehabilitation facilities and halfway houses after the escape of a suspect with an extensive criminal history.

Members of the Senate General Fund Budget committee passed legislation requiring a state agency to apply for a waiver from the federal government to exclude some junk food from the SNAP program.

State Rep. Matt Simpson (R-Daphne) is “recovering well” after being hospitalized for a medical emergency on Tuesday, according to his wife.

The House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security gave a favorable report on Wednesday to a bill that would require the Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles to consider a wider range of factors when determining an inmate's parole.

Florence Police Department detectives partnered with Homeland Security Investigations on Tuesday to arrest a man suspected of sexual abuse.

This week, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons came out against gender transition surgeries for minors, marking the first time a major U.S. medical association has stiffened its guidance on pediatric gender care.